Cheese mold



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cHEEsE MoLD Filed-April 29, 1947 Mr i WQ/w a WWW Patented Aug. 8, 1950 .PAT ENT OFFICE i Av2,518488 -cnEEsE MojLD .Fzi-ank Riiser, Chicagmlll. JAPpLiQsnQnADrirZQ, 1941,:sn-1n1-m.-'zfi4,eas

fiIn making such cheeses, lthe "ingredients are 5 Eblended in a partiallyiliguid condition and then JSIa-'ced -in' molds :for pressing :into the 'desired 'shape Inithe pressing Operation, the coaguiant `is-`forced together andj'surplus liquid or'wheyfis gsgu'eezed out. Heretofora the molds used 4`to lo make such cheeses have comprisedapairjof'semipllpsoida'i forms 'and a connector ring between jthe two e'form's. 'Thus it has 'been lnecessary 'to -fleinploy three 'separate 'elements in themoldin'g of :each cheese, ventailing tthe expenditure oif .a

considerable amountgof time in jassemhling the parts .and .also a.,substantia1 'investment -in the equipment.

The primaryobject of Lthemrewent invention is to overcome'the 'aforementioned disadvantages `fli-'n'ot'iglr'i'thefprovisiomin anfiapparatus'formaking cheeses, of a novel sectional mold,-the sections-of which arendaptedffltwbbiam'ahgclnlnesting relationfisofas to interact to formfa number of closed.

.interir mold chambers fonshapng a plurality of 'individual cheeses in a single 2pressing eperaton. The object of the inventionihus generallyset fforth, .together With other .and rancilla-ry fladvan- :tagesflis attaned 'by the construction sand farrangementshown'by way of il1ustrationfin=the=ac- `noirlpanyirig drav'v'ings, in which:

' Figure'lis a perspective view of a mold section constructed inaccordancefwithsthe present invention.

- -Eig... ;2'.is ;a sectional eleyatonfilinstratingga se" r'ies of mold sections stacked in telescoping relation.

While the invention is susceptible of various modifications and alternative' constructions, there is shown in the drawings and will herein be de- 49 scribed in detail the preferred embodiment, but it is to be understood that it is not thereby intended to limit the invention to the form disclosed, but it is intended to cover all modifications and alternative constructions falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as express'ed in the appended claims.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a mold having a plurality of sections the number of which 'is one more than the number of individual 50 cheeses to be formed. Each of the mold sections comprises, in general, an annular body and a wall or partition defining inner and outer .oppositely facing and outvvardly Opening mold cavities, each section being fashioned for stacking withz other .'55

2 like :sections in partially ytelescoping :or i nested -re-` iation softhat-the outer -cavity of one sectionconfronts the inner cavity of the succeeding section, thereby providing na ciosediinterior chamber 'for forming an individual cheese of smoothi contour. Provisioniis, of course, -ma'de to permit escape'o'f spurplusjliquid or Whey as the-cheese `is Vforme'd.

Referringflmore particularly to 'the exempla'ry iembodimento'f thezinvention as illustrated in 'the drawings, eachm'old sectionfthere shownfincludes Van annular body lid and apartition'comprisingja pair-ofconcave mold pieces vH and lzse'cured in back-to-back relation adjacent one end of the vbody and defining oppositely facing'mold ca'ivities gl'3 an`d14. I

To permit' partial telescoping;r of one mold. sec-v tion with another, the annular body J'fl is (of s'lightly ``tapere'd form. The rmold pieces `ll `4and 12 .areidenticaljand of semi-ellipsoida'l shapehaving major diameters 'less than that of the .large ``end "of thefbody 10 fbut jgreater than its smallest diameter. Thus 'the-inner mold .piece "ll WLhen inserted in 'the ibody 10 will contact the body in.. 'termediate its ends 'alongajline ll. To .permit .the peripheral edge .of Vthe outer .mold piece |2 to' contactthe .bcdy .LU and the rpcriphera1 edge offlthe,.i,nner,mold piece H along the 4line .15.of a ;succeedng mold sectioniin ordertoformfa closed `mold chamber `for shaping an individual cheese, 'thesmall endof the body [Dis-provided .with an outwardly fiaredextensionifi of adiameterseqnal .'00 .the .diameter 'of the `body taken .in :the plane ...clefincd by .the lne [5. v`In 'the present instance, the .portion .of V:the `outer `mold lpiece :12 adjaeent .its .periphcralcdgcis -utilfizec .to :form 7the fextenfi sion I'E.

The body Ill is extended substantially above the inner mold piece ll to provide a receptacle of sufficient capacity to hold the unpressed cheese. Such extension of the body, in addition, facilitates the handling of a number of sections at the same time by permitting them to be nested together.

As the cheese is pressed, Whey is squeezed from the coagulant. To allow the Whey to escape freely from the mold and to faclitate the telescoping of the sections by preventing entrapment of Whey, a series of holes l'l is provided in the body lil. The holes ll are located adjacent the line of juncturev l5 between the inner mold piece ll and the body ll) and are spaced above the line l5 a suflicient distance so as to be positioned opposite the point of smallest diameter of the succeeding mold section. The body Ill extends beyond the holes I'I to a point that will fall just short of a similarly located series of holes in the succeed- 3 ing mold section so that at all times the holes will remain uncovered.

It will be observed that the construction and arrangement set forth provides a sectional mold for making cheese, simple in construction, having a minimum of separate elements and permitting of the formation of a number of individual cheeses in a single pressing Operation.

I claim as my invention:

1. A cheese mold section comprising, in 'combination, a tapered annula;` body and a partition secured within and extending transverseiy of said body adjacent the small end thereof, said partition comprising two members in back-toback relation defining oppositely facing and outwardly opening mold cavities of substantially uniform shape and size, said section being adapted for stacking in partially telescoping relation with other similar sections whereby a plurality of closed Chambers are formed for shaping a number of individual cheeses in a single pressing Operation.

2. A cheese mold section comprising, in combination, a tapered annular body and a partition made rigid within and extending transversely of said body adjacent its small end anddefining inner and vouter outwardly Opening mold cavities, said section being adapted for stacking in telescoping relation with other like sections, and said body having a peripherally arranged series of holes therein adjacent said inner cavity to permit escape of Whey.

3. A cheese mold section comprising, in combination, a tapered annular body and a pantition made'rigid within and extending transversely of said body adjacent its -small end and defining inner and outer outwardly Opening mold cavities of equal diameters, said section being adapted forstacking in telescoping relation with other like sections, and said body having its small end outwardly flared to a diameter equal to that of said cavities whereby closed Chambers for shaping individual cheeses are formed upon telescoping said sections together.

4. In an apparatus for making cheese, a mold section comprising, in combination, a tapered annular body having its small end outwardly fiared but Of smaller diameter than that of its largeend, and two semi-ellipsoidal mold pieces each having a major diameter equal to that of the fiared end of said body, said mold pieces being secured in opposite outwardly facing directions within and extending transversely of said body adjacent the small end thereof', Whereby a series of such mold sections can be pressed together in telescoping relation to form ,,.a plurality of closed chambers for shaping a number of individual cheeses in a single pressing operation.

5. In an apparatus for making cheese, a mold section comprising, in combination, an annular body, identical inner and outer mold pieces flxed in back-to-back relation transversely of one end of said body and having concave face portions, the peripheral edge portion of said outer mold piece forming an outwardly flared extension of said body, said section being adapted for stacking in telescoping relation with other like sections with the peripheral edge of said outer mold piece abutting the peripheral edge of the inner mold piece of a succeeding mold section whereby a. closed interior mold chamber is formed by said face portions for shaping a cheese of smooth and uniform contour.

6. In an apparatus for making cheese, a mold section comprising, in combination, an annular body, identical inner and outer mold pieces fixed in back-tO-back relation transversely of one end of said body and having concave face portions, the peripheral edge portion of said outer mold piece forming an outwardly flared extension of said body, said section being adapted for stacking in telescoping relation with other like sections with the peripheral edge of said outer mold lpiece abutting the peripheral edge of the inner mold piece of a succeeding mold section whereby a closed interior mold chamber is formed by said face portions for shaping a cheese of smooth contour, said body having a series of holes adjacent the peripheral edge of said inner mold piece to permit the escape of Whey.

FRANKRYSER.

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